No real mystery, just a well-orchestrated government-sponsored misinformation program.

Twenty-eight times, beginning in 1978 to present day, the federal government has quietly adjusted the inflation model to better disguise financial burdens on the middle class.

The process has become so unlike the average middle class American’s experience with falling buying power (what a dollar will buy) since 1973 that I can no longer accurately track and compare my income-to-expense ratios on a yearly basis.

This apples to rotten fruit comparison greatly benefits Congress and state and local politicians whose two primary goals are to be re-elected and raise taxes for salaries and non-performing pet projects for big donors.

Today’s Consumer Price Index does not accurately include ordinary “volatile” purchases such as food, fuel, housing and student debt.

— Anthony S. Elia, Mission Viejo

Thanks for telling the truth about vector control

Re: “Are you spreading disease from rats, flies, mosquitoes?” [News, Oct. 26]: David Whiting’s health column provides a great service to a public that is generally uninformed or misinformed by activists that do not want the mosquito and Vector Control District to provide their pest control services.

We are very fortunate to have Robert Cummings’ team at the district supplying scientifically proven methods and Environmental Protection Agency registered pest control products to protect our communities.

His efforts are bolstered by the pest control industry that has trained, licensed technicians that help individual families and businesses cope with specific vector control problems.

Many thanks for your efforts and sound reporting.

— Lon H. Records, North Tustin

Support doesn’t mean you’re right

Everyone always talks about President Donald Trump having a loyal, strong and solid base. But so did Adolf Hitler, and we all know how that turned out. Being elected president is no guarantee that one will be a good president.

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